McCombs Fiesta Sale

May 5-6, 2017 | Johnson City, TX

Sale Host: Red McCombs Ranches, Alan & Teresa Sparger

Jaymie Feldmann and Molly Clubb with Red McCombs and Alan Sparger.

The data below was gathered by Hired Hand Live. We share these trends and averages for our customers and breeders in the Longhorn Industry who could better their programs by analyzing it as it best suites them. We welcome your feedback or additional data requests. This data is not officially endorsed by the sale.

Red McCombs Fiesta Sale:

• Heifer Sale: 18 of 21 lots were sold (4 PO’s) for a total of $220,700 and an average of $12,261.11
• Cow Sale: 81 of 88 lots were sold (2 scratches, 5 PO’s) for a total of $545,200 and an average of $6,730.86
• Overall Sale: 88 of 99 lots sold for a total of $765.900 with an $7,736 Average
• There were 19 Cash Cows that sold (cows $10,000 and over) for a total of $407,500. The Cash Cow Average was $21,447. Lot H10 was the high selling Cash Cow at $60,000. 
• Top 10 lots average: $29,200
• Top 25 lots average: $18,420

Hired Hand Live Internet Bidding Influence on Red McCombs Sale:

• Only one lot sold on-line for $4,500 to Dale & Jill Morwood in Oregon. Thank you Morwood's!
• There were over 70 registered on-line bidders. 
• 48.5% of items were up-bid by the internet

Other Interesting Sale Averages*:

• AI bred females: $25,000
• Natural Service females:  $6,133.33
• Over 10 years old: $6,562.50
• 6-9 years old: $10,705
• 3-5 years old: $5,113
• Under 3 years old: $11,283

Popular Sires*:

These were the top 5 sires with at least 2 offspring selling. Their offsprings averages are listed below starting with the highest average.

• Tejas Star $19,833
• RM High Hopes $16,500
• Boomerang CP $15,600
• Sittin Bull $9,333
• ZD Jamadan $9,250

These are the top 5 sires based on offspring value, no minimum # of offspring selling and not based on averages:

1. Santee Chex $60,000
2. Cowboy Tuff Chex $42,000
3. Phenomenon $30,000
4 & 5.Tejas Star $27,500 and $25,000

Popular Maternal Grand Sires*:

These were the top 5 Maternal Grand Sires by value of their averages with at least 2 Grand Daughters selling. Averages are shown below starting with the highest.

• ZD Kelly $30,650
• Farlap Chex $13,500
• Touchdown of RM $11,566
• Tejas Star $8,150
• JP Rio Grande $7,333

These are the top 5 Maternal Grand sires based on offspring value, no minimum # of offspring selling and not based on averages:

1. ZD Kelly
2. Starbase Commander
3. Gunner
4. Sittin Bull
5. Tri-W Lethal Weapon

Popular Service Sires*:

These were the top 5 Service Sires by value of their averages with at least 2 bred females selling. Averages are shown below starting with the highest.

• RM High Hopes $22,000
• CV Call of Duty $7,700
• JBR Net Worth $7,600
• HL Samauri $5,750
• SHR Johnnie Football $5,066

These are the top 5 service sires based on offspring value, no minimum # of offspring selling and not based on averages:

1. AF Gun Slinger
2. RM High Hopes
3. Swagger BCB
4. CV Call of Duty
5. Santee Chex

* Please note that this data is based off what was printed in the sale catalog and announced in the ring. It is not official data endorsed by the sale.